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| Species: | Tremolite |
| Formula: | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| Comments: | Several Yale Peabody Museum specimens show radiating to parallel aggregates of fine, brittle needle-like fibrous crystals to less than 1 cm. Typically associated with fluorapatite, dolomite and forsterite. |
| Habit: | needle-like fibrous bundles and aggregates |
| Colour: | white |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Tremolite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Danburite type locality, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 814841 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:814841:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 52ae86c5-9105-4c04-be05-e7f99c6c89f3 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Tremolite |
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| 2.7km (1.7 miles) | ⓘOld Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.0km (3.1 miles) | ⓘAgstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.9km (4.9 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.0km (7.4 miles) | ⓘRedding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.3km (8.3 miles) | ⓘRidgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.9km (8.7 miles) | ⓘInterstate 84 road cuts, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA |
| 15.8km (9.8 miles) | ⓘTilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA |
| 18.1km (11.2 miles) | ⓘKnapp's Quarry, Town of Patterson, Putnam County, New York, USA |
| 18.2km (11.3 miles) | ⓘTuckahoe and Patterson Marble Company Quarry, Town of Patterson, Putnam County, New York, USA |
| 21.6km (13.4 miles) | ⓘState Route 111 construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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